So far today was a little better than yesterday but as soon as I left my house I started getting horrible anxiety and derealization/depersonalization. Has anyone had thoughts that boring is real around you and your in a dream state almost like you feel like you can do anything but you know in reality you can't? This is mind crippling. Just standing here in line at the store had me freaking out bad. I hate feeling like this and I can't take any ativan because it hurts the healing process of re training my brain from labyrinthitis. Any advice how to deal with this without meds would help. Meditation doesn't work so well. I'm in quite a predicament.
Hi. I get depersonalisatiion when I'm having a bad episode. It's strange and frightening. I started CBT 3 weeks ago and today learned about thought repression
And other techniques. Not easy but give this a try. Don't distract yourself as you are trying to avoid the symptom but can't. Instead try and say OK here's the detached feeling again then think of something else and completely focus with all your senses on the subject. I have tried it on one of my constant symptoms today and it's helping. Accept the feeling but switch to deep focus on something else. Try that and see how you feel.
Yes I suffered from depersonalisation for many months, I was agoraphobic as well, it was a miserable time.take things slowly and don't take set backs to heart. I used to try and garden, it got me out of the house but I still felt safe. It will improve, you're not alone
Thank you both, I'm trying. It's hard feeling this was all day. It's absolutely horrible.